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Asked: May 13, 20262026-05-13T07:39:47+00:00 2026-05-13T07:39:47+00:00

I slightly remember from age old PHP days (years ago) that different functions wanted

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I slightly remember from age old PHP days (years ago) that different functions wanted to have different paths. I mean…starting from different points. Some were relative, others absolute, etc.

How about fopen? Is that the same thing like require? Same path in same situation?

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    2026-05-13T07:39:47+00:00Added an answer on May 13, 2026 at 7:39 am

    Paths are always relative to the initial script’s location, even if the parser is going through an include that resides in a different directory.

    To reliably work with paths relative to the current file, use

    dirname(__FILE__)
    

    or in PHP 5

    __DIR__
    

    in addition, as @troelskn points out below, require and include search the include_path.

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